I'm in search for a patrol lawnmower for around $200 and below. I have a small lawn (10m x 2m) and would not want to spend $300++ for a known brand mower.
Will it be unrealistic to look for something decent for this price?
The cheapest brand new I have found is the Gardner's Choice mower found on the kmart catalog for $249
Any recommendations would be apprecaited.
Prefer to visit and buy from and around Melbourne
Online is OK as well provided shipping is not ridiculously expensive
You can get an electric corded for $99 at ALDI or a Bosch Corded electric ~$170 delivered from Amazon.co.uk.
I bought a Bosch and it does the trick… Just make sure you don't run over the cord! Which should be pretty easy to avoid with a tiny lawn like yours.
Bonus of electric is zero maintenance, zero fuel, easy start and quietness!
For a lawn that size I'd be buying an unpowered push mower ~$50 or so! ;)
A patrol lawnmower = march 10m, turn! march 10m, turn!
Mitre Ten have some for about $230 at the moment. I had a look at it but's it's got a non recognised motor and some of the control parts are almost tin plate. I too, am hunting a decent ish mower but damned if I can find one. I had a great Pope 4 stroke for years, that really went on and on even when it was well abused cutting metre high grass when I returned from overseas. I can't find who sells Pope now though. The Bunnings one is a Victa, which I understand, is not the quality Victa used to be. They probably bought up the naming rights and are pushing out crap that poor unsuspecting public will fall for.
K Mart have one, a "Lawn Keeper" brand which seems a reasonable quality unit for around $230. The catcher seems a bit flimsy but the rest of it looks good for the money.
Avoid Sanli mowers at any price…. :-(
there's a $229 one I think in Bunnings.
You could probably get an edger and trimmer for less than $200 but the work may not be neat or even (and would take more time).